Clemens, Mary Strong (1873-1968)

Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
Mary Strong
Last name
Clemens
Initials
M.S.
Life Dates
1873 - 1968
Collecting Dates
1905 - 1951
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Fungi
Pteridophytes
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
BM (main), PNH (main), A, AHFH, AMES, B, BO, BR, C, CAL, CAS, E, F, G, GH, HBG, K, L, LAU, M, MICH, MO, NH, NY, P, PC, PH, POM, PUR, RM, SAR, SING, U, UC, US, W, Z
Countries
Indo-China: VietnamMalesian region: Indonesia, Malaysia, PhilippinesAustralasia: Australia, Papua New GuineaNorth American region: United StatesChinese region: China
Associate(s)
Clemens, Joseph (1862-1936) (co-collector, husband)
Strong, M.K. (1873-) (née)
Topping, David LeRoy (1861-1939) (co-collector)
Biography
Sometimes referred to as Mrs Joseph Clemens or Mary Knapp Clemens, Mary Strong Clemens was a missionary who accompanied her husband, Rev. J. Clemens (1862-1936) to the Phillipines, New Guinea and Far East. Born Mary Knapp Strong in New York, U.S.A., she settled in Brisbane and continued collecting until a few years before her death on 13 April 1968. Original collections from expeditions to Sabah were deposited at BM.
References
Lanjouw, J. & Stafleu, F.A., Index Herb. Coll. A-D (1954): 130; Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. T-Z (1988): 1031;
Clemens, Mary Strong (1873-1968)
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